> Lichtenstein and Morgan are charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and conspiracy to defraud the United States, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
1. The bitcoins were only worth ~$70 million at the time of theft. saying they stole "billions" is highly misleading
2. I don't get it, aren't we supposed to be getting less "tough on crime", especially for non-violent offenses?
2. Supposed to be, but we all know that folks are sitting in jail right now for longer periods of time for stealing less.
Example?
The US sentencing guidelines[1] considers multiple factors other than "value stolen"
https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2021-guidelines-manual-annot...